10月9日周五公布的选举结果显示，在伦敦某选区，工党候选人萨加尔·阿布迪-瓦利以45%的得票率胜出，成功保住了该议席。她的对手、绿党领袖扎克·波兰斯基获得了33%的选票。这一结果对绿党而言是一次打击，却对新任首相及工党来说是个好消息。该议席此前因基尔·斯塔默接任首相而空缺。
The parliamentary seat left vacant by the resignation of Andy Burnham's predecessor, Keir Starmer, in a London constituency will remain in Labour's hands after the victory announced on Friday, October 9, of Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali (45% of the vote). She triumphed over the Greens' leader Zack Polanski (33%). The result is a setback for the Greens and good news for the new prime minister.
此次选举被视为两党的一次试金石。数月来，工党和绿党一直在争夺那些倾向于社会与环境议题的左翼选民。今年5月的地方选举中，绿党取得了显著进展；自波兰斯基担任党魁以来，绿党基层成员人数也增至20万，这些利好因素曾让绿党有望在议会中赢得第六个席位。在9月1日开始的短暂竞选期间，民调显示双方候选人支持率不相上下，这也增强了绿党的信心。然而，7月份首相更迭带来的政治环境变化以及绿党自身的失误，最终导致了其失利。
The contest served as a test for both parties, which have been competing for months to attract and retain left-wing voters drawn to more pronounced social and environmental stances. The Greens' spectacular advances in the last local elections in May, as well as a surge in grassroots activists – now numbering 200,000 since Polanski took over as party leader a year ago – had raised hopes of winning a sixth seat in Parliament. The very fact that, in this Labour Party stronghold for more than 40 years, polls showed the candidates neck and neck during the short campaign that began on September 1 contributed to this. But the Greens paid the price for the change of prime minister in July and their own missteps.